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Forכִּיthe cryהַזְּעָקָהhas gone aroundהִקִּיפָהthe territoryאֶת גְּבוּלof Moab;מוֹאָבas far as Eglaimעַד אֶגְלַיִםits wailing,יִלְלָתָהּandוּBeer-elimבְאֵר אֵילִיםits wailing.יִלְלָתָהּ
Isaiah 15:8
Study it in the app“For the cry has gone around the territory of Moab; as far as Eglaim its wailing, and Beer-elim its wailing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 15:8, word by word
- the cryזְּעָקָהzeaka
outcry
Cry, outcry: the cry of someone who suffers injustice and calls for help.
Where else “zeaka” appears- has gone aroundהִקִּיפָהhikifa
go around
To go around a city, or to enclose someone on every side.
Where else “hikifa” appears- the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- as far as Eglaimאֶגְלַיִםeglayim
Eglaim
Eglaim: a place in Moab.
Where else “eglayim” appears- its wailingיִלְלָתָyillata
howling, wail
A howling, a wail of grief.
Where else “yillata” appears- Beer-elimבְאֵרveer
Beer-elim
Beer-elim: a place in Moab; the name means "well of the mighty ones".
Where else “veer” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
7Therefore the surplus they have made and their stores over the brook of the Willows they carry away.
8 · This verse (above)
9For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring upon Dimon additions: for the escaped of Moab a lion, and for the remnant of the ground.